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Raising Moralistic Therapeutic Deists Instead of Apprentices to Jesus
The traditional model of the church has been criticized for not effectively nurturing apprentices to Jesus, but instead, it has been more successful in generating what sociologist Christian Smith terms 'moralistic therapeutic deists.' According to Smith's study on millennial Christianity, many who identify as Christian in surveys actually align more with moralistic therapeutic deism, focusing on being a good person, seeking self-help through religion, and perceiving God as distant and only needed for personal gain, reflecting the predominant faith of millennials in America.